Erzsébet Bukodi, John H Goldthorpe

Social Mobility and Education in Britain

Research, Politics and Policy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive examination of social mobility and education in Britain that exposes prevailing misconceptions of social mobility in decline.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781108474962
• ISBN-10: 1108474969
• Artikelnr.: 54332411

Autorenporträt

Erzsébet Bukodi is an Associate Professor in Quantitative Social Policy and Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford Martin School.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Social class as the context of social mobility
2. Class mobility in absolute terms: the end of the Golden Age
3. Class mobility in relative terms: resistance to change
4. The pattern of social fluidity within the class structure: hierarchy, inheritance and status effects
5. Education and social mobility: the OED triangle
6. Social origins, ability and educational attainment: is there a wastage of talent?
7. Education and the labour market: is education now class destiny?
8. Origins versus education: are there 'glass floors' and 'glass ceilings'?
9. Lifelong learning: compensation or cumulative advantage?
10. Social mobility in Britain in comparative perspective: is Britain a low mobility society?
Conclusions.